Competition & Young Artist Program
Fox Valley Rising Stars 2018
The final round of Soirée Lyrique’s Fox Valley Rising Stars 2018 Vocal Competition took place during Fest on the Fox, presented by the Northern Kane County Chamber of Commerce on July 14 at Carpenter Park in Carpentersville.
The winners are as follow:
Division I (Teen Artists) Broadway:
Blake Buczkiewicz
Huntley - 14
1st Prize - $150
(donated byAmy Hodgson of Cary Murna and Bruce Hansemann of Elgin)
Berkeley Borkert
West Dundee - 13
2nd Prize - $50
(donated by Janet Asdel of Elgin)
Mary Calabria
Darien - 15
3rd Prize - $25
donated by Rosemary & Art Schroeder of St. Charles)
Catherine Colbert
Bartlett - 13
3rd Prize - $25
(donated by Rosemary & Art Schroeder of St. Charles)
Division I (Teen Artists) Classical:
Blake Buczkiewicz
Huntley - 14
1st Prize - $100
(donated by Gwendolyn Rowe Gage of Elgin)
Berkeley Borkert
West Dundee - 13
2nd Prize - $50
(donated by Rosemary & Art Schroeder of St. Charles)
Division II (Emerging Artists) Broadway:
Heather Miller
Wheaton
1st Prize - $200
(donated by Kathy Matthews of St. Charles & Karen & Ed Schock of Elgin)
Valerie Meachum
Elgin
2nd Prize - $100
(donated by Kathryn Canny of Elgin)
Joan Bagulos
Hoffman Estates
3rd Prize - $50
(donated by Susan Dennis of Bartlett)
Division II (Emerging Artists) Classical:
Nini Marchese
Lisle
1st Prize - $300
(donated by Lois Myers-Bauer of Elgin)
Kelsey Welch
Chicago
2nd Prize - $100
(donated by Jeff & Tami Buczkiewicz of Huntley)
Nicholas Metzger
Elgin
3rd Prize - $50
(donated by Susan Dennis of Bartlett)